Santa Rosa MBP black display

[nikza]

I'm having this very strange problem:
After I restarted my mpb the screen seems to be dead.
It's all black.
The computer is booting normaly I guess,
because I succesfully turned it off
using the power button and the enter key.
I havent made any changes on my system
and I have restarted the computer many times
(because I'm using bootcamp) in the past without any problem..
Do you think that the display needs to be replaced?
thank you!

ps. I have the santa rosa mpb 15" 2.4GHz

 

[e12a]

is the screen completely black or is the backlight just out?

Does it work with an external monitor?

Get it checked out.

 

[ntrigue]

Is the Apple glowing on the back?

 

[Burnsey]

are you sure the brightness just isn't turned all the way down?

 

[squeeks]

could always try resetting the PRAM (google: "resetting PRAM")

 

[alphaod]

could always try resetting the PRAM (google: "resetting PRAM")

OR

Command - Option - P - R

during boot.

 

[nikza]

Thank you for the quick replies!
So:
-It's completely black. Don't have an external monitor right now.
-No glowing Apple.
-Brightness button pressed many many times.
-PRAM resetted without any effect, problem is still there.

Another strange thing is tha the laptop doesn't seem to go on sleep when I close the lid.